[PATCH 5/7 v2] arm: fix __efi_runtime_start/end definitions

[Richard Henderson]

On 3/12/24 04:08, Ilias Apalodimas wrote:
> __efi_runtime_start/end are defined as c variables for arm7 only in
> order to force the compiler emit relative references. However, defining
> those within a section definition will do the same thing since [0].
> On top of that the v8 linker scripts define it as a symbol.
> 
> So let's remove the special sections from the linker scripts, the
> variable definitions from sections.c and define them as a symbols within
> the correct section.
> 
> [0] binutils commit 6b3b0ab89663 ("Make linker assigned symbol dynamic only for shared object")
> 
> Suggested-by: Sam Edwards<CFSworks at gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Ilias Apalodimas<ilias.apalodimas at linaro.org>
> Reviewed-by: Sam Edwards<CFSworks at gmail.com>
> Tested-by: Sam Edwards<CFSworks at gmail.com>  # Binary output identical
> ---
>   arch/arm/cpu/u-boot.lds        | 12 +++---------
>   arch/arm/lib/sections.c        |  2 --
>   arch/arm/mach-zynq/u-boot.lds  | 12 +++---------
>   include/asm-generic/sections.h |  1 +
>   4 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Richard Henderson <richard.henderson at linaro.org>


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